The Predictive Value of Combining Symptoms, Residual Syntax Score and Non-Invasive Tests in the Diagnosis of Significant Coronary Artery Disease in Elderly Post-PCI Patients

Abstract

Jing Zhang,1,* Yuxi Li,2,* Bo Zheng,2 Jianxing Qiu,3 Xiahuan Chen,1 Weiwei Zhou,1 Yan Fan,1 Meilin Liu1 1Department of Geriatrics, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Cardiology, Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Radiology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, 100034, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Meilin Liu, Department of Geriatrics, Peking University First Hospital, No. 8 Xishiku Street, Xicheng District, Beijing, 100034, People’s Republic of China, Tel [phone], Email [email protected]: To assess the diagnostic efficiency of a combination of symptoms, residual Syntax score (rSS) and non-invasive tests in elderly post-PCI patients.Patients and Methods: This was a retrospective study that consecutively enrolled patients ≥ 60 years old with chronic coronary syndrome and previous stent implantation without lesions requiring further revascularization between March 2013 and June 2020. The patients were scheduled for exercise ECG, CCTA and invasive coronary angiography within 4 weeks. The study then calculated rSS and the sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values (PPV and NPV) and accuracy of symptoms, rSS, exercise ECG and CCTA, taking computational pressure-flow dynamics derived fractional flow reserve (caFFR) as the standard reference.Results: A total of 114 patients were enrolled in this study, including 75 patients with caFFR-positive and 39 patients with caFFR-negative. The caFFR-positive group had more patients with typical angina. Furthermore, the rSS in the caFFR-positive group was higher than that in the caFFR-negative category (7.33 ± 6.56 vs 3.34 ± 4.26, p < 0.001). There was no significant difference in exercise ECG results between the two groups. However, the rate of positive CCTA in the caFFR-positive group was higher than that in the caFFR-negative category (89.33% vs 46.15%, p < 0.001). In addition, after combining symptoms, rSS and CCTA, the sensitivity, specificity, PPV, NPV and accuracy for diagnose were 77.5%, 84.2%, 90.2%, 66.7% and 79.8%, respectively.Conclusion: The findings showed that exercise ECG had limited power to diagnose significant CAD in elderly post-PCI patients, but CCTA was more efficient. Moreover, combining symptoms, rSS and CCTA provided more accurate diagnostic performance with feasibility and safety.Keywords: coronary CT angiography, residual syntax score, exercise ECG, percutaneous coronary intervention, elderly

Keywords

• coronary ct angiography
• residual syntax score
• exercise ecg
• percutaneous coronary intervention
• elderly.